Toxic A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups Teaser: It's over for Rocking Star Yash's Raya, when he says it's over

Toxic A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups Teaser: The teaser of the Geetu Mohandas directorial hints at a bloody war for power, and a possible dual role/shade for the Rocking Star

Yash in the teaser of Toxic

In the face of war and treachery galore, it seems that time's up for Raya. But then, he decides when it over and until then, he wants everyone to have manners...."bloody manners" indeed. That's pretty much the gist of the Toxic: A Fairy Tale For Grown Ups teaser tjat dropped on February 20 at 9.35 am. While the most part of the teaser features Yash in the bearded avatar that has been teased all along, the last few seconds feature a shot of 'vintage' Yash. Could he be playing a dual role?

What is Toxic all about?

Toxic is Yash’s 19th film only, which he’d announced a year and a half after the release of KGF: Chapter 2. In the run-up to the official confirmation of his collaboration with Geethu, there was speculation galore about who the Kannada superstar would choose to work with. The title announcement came with a release date too, April 10, 2025, which, of course, they were not able to meet, which, as many in Yash’s inner circle have said was down to the scale of the film in terms of production quality and the cast on board.

The film stars Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, Rukmini Vasanth, Akshay Oberoi, Sudev Nair, Kyle Paul, among others, and features music by Ravi Basrur. Yash made very few public appearances in the time since the film was announced and he’d initially always maintained that his next would be a smaller film, but that it would be good. However, over the course of the making, things changed. There were rumours that Yash was ghost-directing the film, which sources had denied, but then what was confirmed was that the actor had worked on Geethu’s script and now has writing credits too, besides being co-producer.

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Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups will be in theatres on March 19, 2026, for Eid and Ugadi. Yash was the first to book the date, but then, Ranveer Singh came along with his monster hit Dhurandhar and claimed the spot for the sequel. The Toxic vs Dhurandar 2 clash is one of the most widely discussed events on social media, and after weeks of questions about who will bow out of the race and conversations about the repercussions of such a clash, there are reports that Ranveer’s film is still in production and will not meet that deadline.

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Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups will release in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and English. It's been described as a film modeled on the series Peaky Blinders and is a gangster tale set in the post-colonial era in Goa. The buzz is that the film will be certified A in India given the graphic action blocks, among others.

Toxic FAQs

Q. Who is the director of Toxic A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups?

A. Toxic A Fairy Tale for Adults has been directed by Moothon maker Geethu Mohandas in what is her Kannada debut. She has co-written the film with leading man Yash.

Q. Where to watch Toxic A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups?

A. Toxic will be in theatres on March 19, 2026. A Kannada original film, it will have dubbed versions in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English as well.

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